Bioware Montreal - Tools Programmer

The BioWare Label is a division of EA which crafts high quality multiplatform role-playing, MMO and strategy games, focused on emotionally engaging, rich stories with unforgettable characters and vast worlds to discover. Since 1995, BioWare has created some of the world's most critically acclaimed titles and franchises, including Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Jade Empire, Mass Effect and Dragon Age. BioWare currently operates in eight locations across the world, including Edmonton (Alberta, Canada), Montreal (Quebec, Canada), Austin (Texas), Fairfax (Virginia), San Francisco (California), Los Angeles (California), Sacramento (California) and Galway (Ireland).

BioWare’s games have continually achieved critical and commercial success. All of our published titles are highly rated at www.gamerankings.com; in fact we have 6 games in the top 1% highest rated games of all time! Today BioWare has over 800 staff at its locations and continues to grow. In 2008, BioWare was acquired by Electronic Arts, a leading global interactive entertainment publisher. In 2011 EA created the BioWare Label, alongside EA Games, EA SPORTS and EA Play. For more information on BioWare, visit www.bioware.com, or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/bioware. To join the millions of fans already registered with the BioWare community, go to http://social.bioware.com.

BioWare is looking for someone who will:

• Identify, design, implement and support the tools used by the rest of the game development team
• Work closely with the game development team, and strive to improve team productivity by providing solutions to problems and reducing inefficiencies across all areas of game development.
• Have a strong understanding of the game engine and supporting systems
• Document their tools to make them easy for users to understand and use. Balance the needs of the team by prioritizing immediate fixes and longer term solutions, analyzing existing tools/processes and performing preventative maintenance.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Excellent communication skills
• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent training and professional experience
• Proficiency with C++ (Visual C++ or Visual .NET)
• Proficiency with interpreted languages (C#, Java), assembler (MIPS, VU code), and/or scripting languages (Perl, Python, Lua)
• Experience developing useable and efficient user interfaces
• Demonstrated knowledge of good software programming practices
• Shipped at least one video game titles, with a minimum of 2 years of technical experience in the video game or related industry
• A passion for games Fluency with graphics tools such as 3ds Max, ZBrush, MotionBuilder and Photoshop